'71 road runner Fuse Block Relay/Metal Can Bent Pin???

road robert · Jul 3, 2025

Hello B Buddys, I noticed this bent tab wondering if it was done for a reason or should it be straightened and plugged in? It’s been like this for 5+ years since I bought it everything works OK… sort of looks like it is intended NOT to be plugged in and purposesly bent, just another random discovery!

pnora · Jul 3, 2025

If there is a female terminal in the fuse block it was most likely bent on purpose so it would not work and buzz.

Vaanth · Jul 3, 2025

road robert said:
Hello B Buddys, I noticed this bent tab wondering if it was done for a reason or should it be straightened and plugged in? It’s been like this for 5+ years since I bought it everything works OK… sort of looks like it is intended NOT to be plugged in and purposesly bent, just another random discovery!
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The terminal on the pictured relay has been bent over. The 1971 Road Runner has the horn relay combined with the key-in-switch buzzer. The bent over terminal is for the buzzer and is wired to the key-in-switch buzzer switch in the steering column.

The following image shows the relay/buzzer on the wiring diagram:

72RoadrunnerGTX · Jul 3, 2025

Agreed, an intentional effort to kill the key-in-switch buzzer function, fairly common really. Alternatively, I’ve have seen the corresponding female terminal/wire removed from the fuse block, left hanging, to accomplish this same result.

road robert · Jul 3, 2025

Then why not just unplug and remove it then? Does it serve another purpose requiring the other 3 pins plugged in?

72RoadrunnerGTX · Jul 3, 2025

Horn relay combination key buzzer

'71 road runner Fuse Block Relay/Metal Can Bent Pin???

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